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Liz Roten
I work at the intersection of planning and analysis in regional government. I specialize in geospatial analysis and visualization and have considerable experience in R package development, using aggregated location-based services (LBS) analysis to research regional parks visitors, and building interactive data visualization tools for housing, parcel, and ACS data.
Education
B.A., Geography, (Data Science, Community and Global Health)
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN
2018 - 2014
Industry Experience
Associate Data Scientist
Metropolitan Council
St. Paul, MN
current - 2018
- Data scientist for Community Development research team and Metropolitan Transporation Services research and modeling team
- Started as research intern
Selected projects and talks
Who is a local? Using aggregated cell phone location data to research regional parks visitors
Metropolitan Council
St. Paul, MN
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- Tallk and workshop for students on using aggregated location-based services (LBS) data to gain insights on regional parks visitors
A brief introduction to R packages and package development
Metropolitan Council
St. Paul, MN
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- Introduction to the R package I wrote for the Metropolitan Council,<U+00A0>{councilR}.
- I review the anatomy of an R package, highlight a few package features, and provide an overview of how to use GitHub for collaboration at the Council.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Passenger and Commercial Transportation
Metropolitan Council
St. Paul, MN
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- Independently developed technique for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from commerical and passenger vehicles
- Method uses novel Location-Based Services and GPS data
Selected Data Science Writing
I blog about data science and visualization on my blog lizroten.info/blog.
Finding the perfect sock pattern with ravelRy
lizroten.info/blog
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- Using Ravelry’s API to find just the right sock pattern
Visualizing mental health data with ggplot2
lizroten.info/blog
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- Visualization project using my own daily mental health data
- Designed both static infographic and animated plots
Housing Density in US Cities
lizroten.info/blog
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- Examining residential zoning in Pittsburgh, Austin, and Boston
Fisk’s ‘Mississippi Meander’ in R
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- A few maps inspired by Harold Fisk’s 1944 geological investigation